Leon the poet

The hug from the moon podcast

Arts EN ↓ 83 episodes

A weekly poetry and storytelling podcast presented by cult spoken word artist Leon the poet. Follow on Instagram @thehugfromthemoon

Author

Leon the poet

Category

Arts

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Latest episode

Jun 20, 2025

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Episodes

Season 4. Episode 1. ‘The 400 metre champion of the world’ 13.08.2023

This week our ramshackle poet returns from his self imposed hiatus to offer up another slice of poetical ramble pie goodness featuring the poem ‘400 metre champion’

Season 3. Episode 20. ‘From the depths of the hollowed out tree’ 02.04.2023

This week our cult poet rambles about the slippery eel that is memory, shares 2 of his poems and reads an exclusive poem from this weeks featured poet ‘Barry king’

Season 3. Ep 19. ‘Fame+tragedy = sympathy: An ode to the velvet owl. 26.03.2023

This week our cult poet rambles about fame, juxtaposes Andy Murray’s post Wimbledon victory tears with a man who died nameless, and throws in 2 poems just to treat you!

Season 3. Ep 17. ‘First jobs and horrible bosses ‘ 05.03.2023

This week our cult poet takes a shambling amble down memory lane and talks about his foray into the job world . Featuring the titular poem !

Season 3. Ep 16. ‘Banning words and burning books’ 26.02.2023

This week our cult poet rambles about the recent Roald Dahl controversy, shares an extract from David Walliams latest book and airs a brand new poem.

Season 3. Ep 15. ‘The epiphany’ 19.02.2023

This week our cult poet reflects on the importance of truth in art and shares a tribute to friendship penned by our featured poet Helen Williams.

Season 3. Ep 14 ‘The elephant’ 12.02.2023

In a special episode our cult poet presents a 20 minute entirely spoken word show. ‘The elephant’

Season 3. Ep 13 ‘ I am mine, you are yours ‘ 05.02.2023

This week our cult poet rambles about anxiety , talks with attempted sincerity about the importance of marching to the beat of your own drum and shares a brand new poem ‘the artist / narcissist’

Season 3. Ep 12. ‘The art of letting go’ 29.01.2023

In this weeks edition our cult poet shares his thoughts on a recent poetry gig, rambles about control issues and shares a new personal poem.

Ep 11. The cult kid and me 22.01.2023

This week our poet takes a ramble through his recent hiatus , shares a story of growing up in a religious cult and reads a brand new poem. (Contains some swearing)

Season 3. Ep 10. ‘Taking parenting advice from a swear jar’ 18.12.2022

In the last episode of the year, our cult poet shares a whimsical poem about a soft play area and explains his finest moment as a dad. Featuring the poems ‘soft play tales and F### them’ ( episode contains some swears)

Season 3. Ep 9. ‘Diamond lights’ 11.12.2022

This week our cult poet takes a ramble down memory lane, and considers his formative relationship with his older brother through the medium of a ear splitting 80s pop song . Featuring the poem ‘madness’

Season 3. Ep 8. ‘Cuffs for the kin’ 27.11.2022

This week our cult poet shares a little ditty called ‘make it happen’ and rambles about family , poetry as catharsis and the World Cup

Ep 7. ‘Back to life’ 20.11.2022

This week our cult poet picks his 3 favourite poems from the poetry book ‘back to life’ by fellow cult nature nerd poet Ally Hammock. Expect the usual rambling x

Season 3. Ep 6. ‘A lethal dose of Hope’ 13.11.2022

This week our cult poet / Hope detective sets off on a journey of hope discovery , panning for gold in the wilderness of 2022 with guest poets Ricci Read and Dawn Vincent.

Season 3. Ep 5. ‘The outsiders’ 06.11.2022

This week our cult poet flies the flag for the all geeks , nerds , weirdos , waifs and strays with his ramshackle take on outsider life . Featuring the poems ‘square’ and ‘the cool kid ‘

Season 3. Ep 4. ‘The catalyst’ 30.10.2022

A look back at the inspiration for this pod with a deep dive into the soon to be classic poem ‘ a hug from the moon’

Ep 3 ‘ flash bang wallop’ 23.10.2022

This weeks episode of the cult poetry podcast sees our poet try his hand at flash fiction, sharing twin tales of parental abandonment with his stories ‘The time capsule and Boyd and Ray’ There’s the usual behind the scenes rambling and the featured poet/writer of the week is the superb Alice violet https://draliceviolett.com/

Episode 2. ‘Grace under fire’ 09.10.2022

In this weeks episode of the hug from the moon podcast, our cult poet encounters a discount , B+M Bargains, sunday bootsale Moses, and tells a tale of Jesus Christ being transported back down to earth and into the body of a homeless man to fix the problems of 2022. Levity and Grace is provided by this weeks featured poet of the week ‘Ally Hammock’

Season 3 episode 1. Mississippi 02.10.2022

Your favourite cult poetry podcast from your favourite cult poet is back with the ear splitting crack of an 80s cap gun! This week 2 brand new poems and some brand new chatter about it too . ‘Man flu’ and ‘Parker pens’ and ‘labelled with fine’ by our featured poet of the week Laura Bradley

Ep 25. ‘On the cross’ 03.07.2022

In a week where women’s rights have been set back 50 years by a rabid right wing Christian movement in America , everyone’s favourite cult poet nails his views to the cross in this season 2 finale!

Ep 24. A Father’s Day special 19.06.2022

In this episode our cult poet shares a poem about his Dad and rambles about fatherhood .

Episode 23. ‘The boy who bounced back’ 12.06.2022

This weeks our cult poet laments a tough gig , considers giving up altogether and reaches out to the loving arms of the poetry community.

Ep 22. ‘White light’ 29.05.2022

This week our cult poet, plants his decrepit size 9s in the dirt and reads a poem of rare absolute sincerity, hears a poem of stunning grace by Ella rose , before wondering into the sea off mersea , in search of the white light .

Episode 21. Caring is creepy 22.05.2022

In this weeks episode our cult poet makes a plea for self care , ponders the loss that comes with loving someone with your whole heart and hears from a bearded Tit.

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